Herter Says President to Make Japan Trip
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that President Eisenhower should go ahead with plans to visit Japan on June 19. He said demonstrations against the visit should be avoided and that his position would remain unchanged in response to questions from Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper.
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Iowa
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Aiken
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Broadway strike ends hopes of quick deal
Negotiations for a fast end to the Broadway stage blackout collapsed in a bitter stalemate. Actors Equity demanded higher weekly minimums, while the League of New York Theaters offered $110, leaving current $103.50 far behind. Two more shows joined the dark list as talks broke down amid public and political scrutiny.
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League of New York Theaters
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Equity
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Frank Maxwell
Harold A. Felix
Andersonville
Soviet Official At Trigger New Blast In Talks War
A Western official said Valerian Zorin echoed Khrushchev in a fresh round of disarmament talks amid charges of aggressive circles in the United States. U.S. Ambassador Eaton said Washington will analyze Khrushchev's plan as Western officials fear little progress without changes. Japan reiterates no pause to Eisenhower visit while protests over bases and student riots continue.
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Funeral services for Minnie Gentry scheduled in Rosenburg
Funeral services were set for Minnie Gentry, mother of Mrs. Tima Parks of Baytown, with services at 3 p.m. Tuesday at a First Christian Church in Rosenburg and 3 a.m. Wednesday at the Community House. Galveston tides noted: high at 4:34 a.m. and 1:52 p.m., low at 9:46 a.m. and 9:12 p.m.
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Licate Bridge Club
Christian Church
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Baytown
Galveston
Baytown News Briefs Include Local Policing and Scattered Notices
Baytown Police report two fans valued at 20 each stolen from Baytown Junior High during the weekend. Waller Queen's court hears pollution complaint against W. J. Stone of Houston Steel Drum Co for discharging oil into Greens Bayou. Baytown Scout and Arabian Oil Company personnel share community updates, with oblique notes on a local death.
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Hospital Patient IMRS AL CLAYTON Admitted For Surgery
Hospital note lists Mrs Al Clayton wife of former City Councilman Al Clayton in Gulf Coast Hospital room 22 after Monday admission for surgery. Shrine meeting set for LA PORTE Shrine Club 7 p.m. Tuesday at Noble Hall Edinburg. City Manager J B Le Fevre attends Texas City Managers Assn convention in Edinburg with about 100 managers at three day meeting ending Tuesday.
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LC Course In Spanish Scheduled at Lee College
Lee College will offer for the first time a six week summer course in basic conversational Spanish. Dean Walter Rundell announced the prerequisite is one year of college Spanish. The course uses situational patterns and original sketches to teach Spanish and Hispanic-American culture.
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Board Action Upholds School Dance Approval
Baytown school board trustees voted to continue the policy of holding school dances on school property. The meeting covered rhythm teaching in physical education, course credits, religious accommodations, and new staff appointments with several resignations noted.
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George H. Gentry
Rundell
Cal Education
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Baytown
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Gentry
P. E
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Couch
Alamo
Erma R. Williams
Bowie
Jan M. Cibulka
Highlands
Arthur EF. Garner
Cedar Bayou
S. J. Dem
Iry Peebles
Elizabeth Worden
Sandra Voytek
Highlands Junior High
Murray Alewine
Horace Mann
Ruth Wilson
Mary Wylie
Robert E. Lee High School
David W. Richards
Monty Inman
Lonelle Bevers
Branscott
Cedar Rayon
Freedom of Press Day observed in Americas
AP reports Freedom of the Press Day observed across the Western Hemisphere with leaders noting Cuba’s ongoing restrictions. William Cowles of the Inter American Press Association criticizes Castro's repression while praising limited democratic advances and press freedom gains since 1953.
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Argentina
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Colombia
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Cuba
Cowles
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Rain Taps Panhandle as Storms Move Through Northwest Texas
The Associated Press reports a six inch rainfall dump across the Panhandle with measured totals from Dalhart .52 inches to Amarillo 1.19 inches, and other areas like Lubbock, Marfa, Presidio, Alpine, and Wichita Falls recording varying smaller amounts. Thunderstorms spanned Monday night into Tuesday, moving southeast as they gradually dissipate.
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Panhandle
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Alpine
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Good Afternoon Ike Returns to Washington From West Point
A jumble of brief items notes Ike's return from West Point perhaps his last as president while radical students threaten action in Tokyo airport to disrupt Ei senhower's state visit. Other lines mention Alabama records, wage talks in San Joaquin Valley, Sammy Davis Jr plans with May Britt, Eichmann vigil in Argentina and Israel, Rhee's condition, and a probe into the FDA.
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Eisenhower
Rites Held Today for Mrs. Julia E Ashworth 65
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Evelyn Ashworth 65 of 220 West Wright were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Earthman Chapel. A Baytown resident for 30 years she died at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in a Baytown hospital. Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery Houston under Gariiman Funeral Home. She is survived by several nieces and nephews.
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Earthman Chapel
Baytown
Balloon Over Baytown Seen From Gulf Coast Route
A weather balloon about 500 feet in diameter launched from Brunswick Georgia was sighted over Baytown and tracked along a Gulf Coast path. It moved westward at about 10 miles per hour, first seen over Biloxi Mississippi then over Port Arthur Texas City and Houston area. It remained visible near the Gulf edge for over an hour at 114000 feet with winds from the west northwest.
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Body Recovered in San Jacinto River as Search Continues
Divers recovered the body of Melvin N. Phillips 36 of Pasadena from the San Jacinto River at 2 15 am Tuesday about 16 hours after the boat he and his brother rode in capsized two miles below the Highway 73 bridge Search crews from Baytown Wooster Highlands Channelview and Jacinto City scoured five miles of river five miles apart for James Lynn Brown 27 of Houston believed pulled under by another boat while water skiing three miles above the Highway 2 bridge Brother Billy Joe Phillips 20 of Baytown swam ashore after the mishap and offered no explanation for the capsize The muddy water hindered search efforts and deputies are assisting in the investigation of the skiing accident.
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Houston
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Fats) Brown
Four Cities Annex 101 Square Miles In Coordinated Move
In a secretive plan four East Harris County municipalities joined La Porte Pasadena Deer Park and Lomax to annex 101 square miles. Houston’s expansion limits were challenged as Pasadena and La Porte grew dramatically while Lomax and Deer Park gained. A second reading is planned, and the move aims to curb Houston’s suburban encroachment.
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Atlas Missile Hampered by Strikers at California Bases
Union picket lines halted activity at Atlas test and launch bases in California. The missile remains operable for emergencies from Van Jeanberg Air Force Base, but strike actions by IAM stopped or crippled construction of new Atlas launching sites while 25,000 IAM workers elsewhere voted to keep working.
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Development plan eyed for Double Bayou waterway
A Tuesday hearing in Anahuene heard a proposal to extend federal waterway maintenance by two and a half miles along Double Bayou. Lt Col Franklin B. Moon led the session with 35 attendees as district engineers plan a yearlong survey feeding the proposal. The Liberty Chambers County Navigation District backs development of the west bayou section near the county bridge and Engle ferry site for traffic.
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Citizens Bank and Sun sponsor spring Europe tour
The Baytown Sun and Citizens Bank Travel Agency announce an all expense European tour for Southeast Texas clients next spring, with plans drafted by Hugh Echols Jr and Fred Hartman. Details remain pending, itinerary to be announced later. Mary Hartman, Sun staffer and Baylor graduate, will join as representative and file daily reports to promote a shorter tour next year. The group travels from Houston and Dallas to New York, then to Europe aboard United States, with participants from Houston and other local areas.
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Citizens Bank Travel Agency Department
Southeast Texas
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Raytown Sea
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Lee College Registration Day Friday for first summer term
Registration day set for Friday at Lee College to begin the first summer term. Registration hours run 9 am to 4 pm with permits required. courses include government, history, zoology, chemistry, physiology, algebra, geometry, shorthand, and more. Faculty and staff listed include Dean Walter Rundell and several instructors and administrators.
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Rundell
Jess
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